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Today is International Lefthanders Day. The U.S. has had eight left-handed presidents; James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

August 13, 1961–The city of Berlin split itself right down the middle on this date. The Cold War was running pretty hot back then. The Russians were just nasty. They were so evil they convinced East Germany to shut West Germany out. East Germany locked the Brandenburg gate and threw away the key. Then, justContinue reading “Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall!”

August 12, 1997 –MTV debuted the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert The Dance, on this date, marking the first time the five had been on stage together since 1982. This special MTV concert was recorded at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on May 23, 1997 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their bestselling album Rumours.

August 10, 1950 – The Merrie Melodies short, Hillbilly Hare, directed by Bob McKimson, and starring Bugs Bunny was released on this date. Bugs and the two hillbilly guys all break the fourth wall.

August 12, 1939 – The Bugs Bunny everyone knows takes another step forward when Hare-um Scare-um, directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, was released on this date. It was during production of this cartoon that Bugs Bunny’s name originated. Designer Charles Thorson redesigned the rabbit character and labeled the model sheet “Bug’s Bunny,” afterContinue reading “Hare-um Scare-um premiered”

August 12, 1988 –The under-rated bio-pix, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest and Christian Slater, was released on this date. Much of the information about Preston Tucker was gathered by Francis Ford Coppola and came from the U.S.Continue reading “Tucker: The Man and His Dream premiered”

August 12, 1970 –The romantic comedy, Lovers And Other Strangers, directed by Cy Howard, adapted from the 1968 Broadway play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna, and starring Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Richard Castellano, Diane Keaton, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Marian Hailey, Anne Jackson, Cloris Leachman, Anne Meara, and Gig Young, was releasedContinue reading “Lovers And Other Strangers premiered”

It ain’t no joke if you lose your vinyl. Today is National Vinyl Day (and not Record Store Day which was April 18th this year.) National Vinyl Record Day is celebrated every year on August 12 (commemorating the day Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877) to remember the culture, art, the very sound ofContinue reading “Vinyl’s two sides represent the dualism of human nature”

August 11, 1972 –Mott the Hoople’s Glam Rock Anthem, All The Young Dudes was released in the UK on this date. Even though the band was heterosexual, this became a gay anthem, at least in America, thanks to lyrics like “Lucy looks sweet ’cause he dresses like a queen.” This was the nature of glamContinue reading “I’ve wanted to do this for years …”

August 11, 1991 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show premiered on The Nickelodeon channel on this date. Originally, the microphone was planned to go into Stimpy’s mouth during the end of part one (Stimpy’s Big Day.) However, it seemed to remind Nickelodeon executives of a certain sexual act, soContinue reading “Happy-happy, joy-joy.”